How To Install kde-plasma-desktop on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-plasma-desktop on Debian 9.
What is kde-plasma-desktop
kde-plasma-desktop is:
KDE is the powerful, integrated, and easy-to-use Free Software desktop platform and suite of applications.
This metapackage pulls in the core modules released with the KDE Software Compilation including the basic KDE Plasma Desktop, minimal set of basic applications (browser, file manager, text editor, system settings, panel, etc.), important libraries and data.
There are three methods to install kde-plasma-desktop on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kde-plasma-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-plasma-desktop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kde-plasma-desktop
Install kde-plasma-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-plasma-desktop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kde-plasma-desktop
Install kde-plasma-desktop Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-plasma-desktop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kde-plasma-desktop
How To Uninstall kde-plasma-desktop on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kde-plasma-desktop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kde-plasma-desktop
Uninstall kde-plasma-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kde-plasma-desktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-plasma-desktop
Remove kde-plasma-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove kde-plasma-desktop configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kde-plasma-desktop
Remove kde-plasma-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kde-plasma-desktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-plasma-desktop
Dependencies
kde-plasma-desktop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-plasma-desktop package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.